London, England - British label Manteca continues its series of compilations with Bhangra - The Best Asian Beats from the Streets. London, England - British label Manteca continues its series of compilations with Bhangra - The Best Asian Beats from the Streets.
Bhangra has come a long way from its origins as a traditional harvest dance in the Punjabi speaking regions of India and Pakistan. For a generation of British Asians, Bhangra music is their music. It’s desi music - music from the home, the culture - but mixed, beefed-up with bass and heavy doses of R&B, Ragga or Rap to give it an urban and contemporary relevance that now extends throughout the world.
This CD is 10 years (from 1993 to 2003) in the life of Bhangra - from Roots to Ragga and all points in between. Notes by Bhagwant Sagoo
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